Race Evaluation
Rochester A-Meet: Blue Day 1
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| 1. | +04:00 | Navigated directly to stream but didn't see flag at what I thought was top of stream. Dropped to trail and wasted some time reorienting before following stream all the way to the flag at the top | |||||
| 2. | +02:00 | Confidence low. Climbed to road/trail junction and proceeded to run past my attackpoint, the (dry) pond by the side of the trail. | |||||
| 3. | +01:00 | Picked up swamp to the left, but then stayed too far left and ran past the circle. | |||||
| 4. | Navigating slowly now, Proceed around right perimeter of swamp and along the steep hillside. | ||||||
| 5. | OK | ||||||
| 6. | +01:00 | Stayed high and didn't see top of stream on first pass. | |||||
| 7. | +01:30 | Didn't see flag at top of hill on approach (duh). Wasted time reorienting where stream gets steep to NW. | |||||
| 8. | Slow & careful. | ||||||
| 9. | +01:00 | Good route, but distracted at last minute by cluster of orienteers at green control on stream bend. | |||||
| 10. | Pass Tim G. on first competent leg of the day. | ||||||
| 11. | +05:00 | Dreadful route choice. OK at first down trail along stream, but mind gets stuck in trail-run mode and I overrun trail junction. Eventually, I decide to proceed directly downhill to stream and find myself between impassible cliffs at stream bend to ESE of control. Cursing my stupidity as I claw my way up the huge embankment, I finally arrive at the plateau above the control and then overrun it. This error was very costly to my stamina. | |||||
| 12. | Phantom trail to phantom pond, then carefully across true pond on log that Graeme avoided. | ||||||
| 13. | Smooth. | ||||||
| 14. | Catch Ted G. on steep hillside. | ||||||
| 15. | +00:30 | Foolishly waste contours and energy by dropping to cabins then climbing back up. | |||||
| 16. | +00:30 | Crossed two tiny streams before control, then overran it. | |||||
| 17. | +06:00 | Very tired now. Ran along road until it began to climb. Fatigue pushed me into woods along swamp edge. Fifty meters short of control, I thought I had gone too far and turned around to reorient back on road. Ted G. catches back up. | |||||
| 18. | All I can do now is walk. | ||||||
| 19. | +01:00 | And when I try running again, I overrun another control. | |||||
| 20. | Slow but accurate. | ||||||
| 21. | +01:00 | Pulled off to wrong control by other orienteers. | |||||
| F. | Exhausted! |
Total Time Lost - 00:24:30